Summary: Hermione wants to make their first Christmas together a special one for Severus, but it seems as if scheming relatives, dishonest shop-owners and even the very forces of nature are conspiring against her.

Summary: EWE, but otherwise canon compliant up to DH. It's several years after the war and the Dark Lord is defeated. Harry is suffering from a mental illness that makes him vulnerable, and Lucius Malfoy has a secret. A thought-dead Snape resurfaces to try to help Harry, but Snape has secrets of his own.

Summary: In a dystopian AU where the Dark Lord triumphs and Severus Snape can claim any reward he wishes as one of the chosen 'Faithful,' all Severus longs for is a life of peaceful seclusion – and an heir. But it seems that he might have to sacrifice one for the other when he petitions the Ministry for a hand-witch to produce a child and is presented with one of his former students.